This measure provides broader and tougher sanctions against North Korea's illicit activities.

I urge all of our colleagues to support it.

This bipartisan piece of legislation has over 135 co-sponsors.

To me, however, the brutal repression of the North Korean people, above all, warrants the enactment of this legislation.

This resolution urges the Government of Afghanistan to pursue a transparent, credible, and inclusive run-off Presidential election.

This bill would broaden U.S. sanctions against those helping sustain the regime in Pyongyang whose crimes against humanity the U.N. Human Rights Office says are, and I quote, "without parallel in the modern world."

Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and its victims are robbed of their freedom and dignity.

President Obama has said that if a country is educating its girls, if women have equal rights, that country is going to move forward.

It is so important for the United States to put our money where our mouth is in helping women in Pakistan.

I am particularly pleased that the substitute amendment contains language emphasizing the importance of consulting with and leveraging investments by the private sector and Pakistani diaspora communities in the United States.

New York will require approximately $29 billion over 20 years to ensure continued delivery of safe public drinking water.

I was one of several members of the New York delegation that wrote to Administrator Lisa Jackson urging a waiver of the regulation as it applies to Hillview.

In closing, let me stress once again that this bill sends a strong message of support to the people of Ukraine at a critical moment. We are the greatest country in the world. We have interests all over the world. I think that it is…

And I rise in strong support of H.R. 4152. Let me first open by commending our chair once again, Congressman Royce, for making such a statesmanlike statement. I agree with everything he said in that our bipartisan work in support of…

There are just some mandates that just don't make sense that are costly, and the benefits are very, very minor compared to what the cost is.

The President I think has made it clear that the process of fracking has really opened up opportunities for clean, natural gas, but it has to be done safe and responsibly.

May I inquire about how much time each of us has? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Holding). The gentleman from New York has 8 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California's time has expired.

In closing, let me, again, say what a pleasure it is to work with Chairman Royce on a bipartisan basis. You can see, again, strong bipartisan support for this bill. Ms. Kaptur didn't mention that she was cochair of the Ukrainian Caucus. We…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

What we are doing this morning is the Congress at its best. What we are doing this morning is standing up to a bully and telling him that his actions will not stand. What we are doing is saying that in the 21st century it is no longer…

I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly), a very distinguished member of our committee.

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

It is now my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the Democratic whip.

The average person in my district hears about fracking and they go crazy because they think it's going to ultimately contaminate their drinking water.

Over the past decade, Russia has used its gas resources as a weapon to settle political disputes.